On many occasions you would have held that beautiful rose bud in your hand and felt a nasty prick of a thorn! Haven’t you?

Just like life, a rose has both – soft petals and pricky thorns that can hurt real bad.

Have you wondered that our tongue is just like that rose bud?

Our tongue has the ability to shower blessings and appreciation for someone which can feel as soothing and calming as a rose petal. Simultaneously, it can also throw abuses and curses for someone that has the capacity to hurt severely. Mind you, these pricks sometimes hurt for the entire life time!

So be careful what you say! How you treat others will directly reflect on what part of the rose you wish to be. I am assuming no one wishes to be remembered as a thorn though! 😉

Believe me, only effort it requires is wearing that glove of little conscious in our actions.

Please understand that anger is directly proportional to spontaneity. A little pause, a moment of thinking before reacting, especially when the emotion is not so positive, can do the trick!

Next time you go rose shopping, for a literal translation, request the vendor to carefully chop all the thorns before making that beautiful bunch, so they don’t hurt the receiver. And metaphorically, request your tongue to do the same for the receiver of your words every time!

This is indeed a great deal, even if we are self centered and think just about ourselves.

This little conscious act will help us in bringing a lot of positivity in our life and for the ones around us gradually leading us to a peaceful pasture surrounded by happiness and smiles. 🙂

Bonus credit – this is the only currency that you can carry forward for the journey beyond!

Agree or not! Looking forward to receiving your feedback and comments in the section below!


2 responses to “A petal or a thorn- choose wisely!”

  1. sachinmalik Avatar

    Absolutely! Knowing about how brain works – somehow related to my profession – I can realize that the emotional faculties take over the logical, ratiknal and practical ones. The prefrontal cortex involved in decision making gets shut down. Brain during anger keeps survival instinct on top, to protect oneself all the time. Earlier it used to be physical protection and now it’s emotional or ego protection. And there those thorns pop out. We do realize our mistake of not being in control later but the real challenge remains to be proactive after practicing to be reactive for some time. You’ve been sharing some great variety of topics and very sweetly leaving the reader with questions to ponder over and that indeed causes my drooling out so much. Please keep it up. Please keep waking us up. Please keep shouting, “Jaagte Raho”

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    1. successstories321 Avatar

      Thank you Sachin for your in-depth feedback, I really like this sharing and thinking aloud! Works both ways 🙂 Keeps me awake, thinking and pondering too!

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